Rohingya,
Bangladeshis behind Jahangirpuri violence: Delhi BJP chief
Eight Delhi
Police personnel and a civilian were injured in stone pelting and firing on
Saturday evening
PTPTI, New Delhi, APR 17 2022,
22:46 IST UPDATED:
Delhi BJP president
Adesh Gupta. Credit: PTI Photo
A day after clashes broke out during
a Hanuman Jayanti procession in Jahangirpuri, Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta
alleged on Sunday that the violence was the result of the AAP government aiding
illegal stay of Rohingya and Bangladeshi immigrants while an AAP MLA said it
was wrong to target one community.
Gupta also claimed that one of the
arrested accused in the violence was an AAP activist.
Gupta, accompanied by North West
Delhi MP Hansraj Hans and Leader of Opposition in Assembly Ramvir Singh
Bidhuri, visited the police personnel injured in the violence Saturday evening.
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"Jahangirpuri incident is a
result of the Kejriwal government providing free power, water and ration to
Rohingya (refugees) and Bangladeshis living illegally here," Gupta told
reporters during his visit to the violence-hit areas.
The AAP's reaction to Gupta's charges
was not immediately available, but Delhi Waqf Board chairman and AAP MLA
Amanatullah Khan said that targeting one community was "wrong" and
whoever was guilty for the violence should be punished.
Eight Delhi Police personnel and a
civilian were injured in stone pelting and firing on Saturday evening while the
procession was passing through C Block of Jahangirpuri.
"Pelting stones, taking out
swords, firing at the procession on Hanuman Jayanti are shameful. One of the
accused in the incident, Ansar, is an AAP activist and there are photographs of
him with many AAP MLAs," Gupta charged.
Gupta said the Delhi Police stood
like a wall to foil a "big conspiracy" in time.
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probing if Jahangirpuri violence linked with Karauli, Khargone
Khan said holding a particular
community responsible for the Jahangirpuri incident was wrong and asked whether
it was right to forcibly enter a mosque and instal a saffron flag on it.
"We want to ask Delhi Police
whether the persons it has arrested in connection with Jahangirpuri incident
include those who were carrying guns. When will Delhi Police arrest the Bajrang
Dal and RSS men who were openly waiving guns," Khan asked in a tweet.
हम दिल्ली पुलिस से पूछना चाहते हैं कि
जहांगीर पुरी में हुई घटना में जिन 14 लोगों की गिरफ़्तारी हुई है क्या उसमें इन
बंदूक़ धारियों के नाम हैं?
बजरंग दल और RSS ये लोग जो खुले आम बंदूक़ लहरा रहे हैं @DelhiPolice आख़िर
इन्हें कब गिरफ्तार करेगी?
क्या इनके ख़िलाफ़ कोई कार्रवाई होगी? pic.twitter.com/sdxLT2h7C7
— Amanatullah Khan AAP
(@KhanAmanatullah) April
17, 2022
Twenty people, including the
"main conspirators", were arrested over the violence in northwest
Delhi's Jahangirpuri, where an uneasy calm prevailed on Sunday as companies of
anti-riot police patrolled the streets and people largely stayed indoors.
Two juveniles have also been apprehended
in connection with the clashes, police said, adding that the case has been
transferred to the Crime Branch for further investigation.
To cool tensions, the Delhi Police
held a meeting with members of Aman (peace) Committees, and asked them to counter
any rumours and appeal to people in their areas to maintain peace.
One of the "main
conspirators" behind the violence, Ansar (35), a resident of Jahangirpuri,
was also found to be involved in two cases of assault and was arrested a few
times under preventive sections, a police officer said.
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